How to edit .eps file in Gimp or Photopea?

Question

I have an .EPS containing text which I downloaded. However, I don't know how to edit the EPS file ?

I can load it up into Photopea, however, i can't seem to edit it like a .psd file, im confused.

I've attached the .EPS font to this message but its so confusing, all i need the font to say is "Flavours" but it has the sample text is "HONEY" and the whole alphabet of letters underneath.

Please check it out, can anyone help me on how i can edit this please. Thanks

Here is a download to the .EPS Text I am trying to edit, if it helps clarify anyhing. https://easyupload.io/0o0rji

Answer 1

You do not necessarily want to use Gimp or Photopea for this. Those are raster applications and will not take advantages of the vector nature of the objects in the EPS file.

If you must use a raster image editor, you will need to select and copy each letter as you need it, then move it into position. This can be done, but is much more effort. The entire eps will be seen as one single image in a raster editor and you will need to separate each letter from the entire image first.

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With a vector application - Inkscape, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch, CorelDraw, Xara, etc. merely open the eps file and then move the individual groupings which create each letter.

You should then be able to select and move each individual letter into a position to suit your needs easily with a vector editor.

Answer 2

Photopea quite surprisingly opens your EPS as a high stack of layers. Every layer contains a bitmap shape which is masked by a path. It's quite same as Photoshop's vector shapes.

A lucky case here is that shapes which belong to the same letter are adjacent layers. I selected those which belong to the P:

The shapes can be moved freely, even a multiple selection. But scaling is a nightmare. You can scale one path at a time and you very likely will lose their relative placements. Putting them to a folder helps nothing. The same thing for making a smart object, that functionality is very limited in Photopea.

You can delete those layers you do not need. Move the needed ones to the approximately right formation to keep the image size reasonable in pixels. Crop the extra area off. Resize the image. I guess you want at least 500% size (see NOTE1). That's possible with no quality loss because the shapes have vector masks. Place the shapes manually when the scaling is done.

You can define every letter as a separate smart object. Select the shapes in the layers panel and right click. The functionality of smart objects isn't like in Photoshop, but at least you can move a letter as one. Do not attempt to scale a smart object in Photopea. It doesn't work acceptably.

My opinion: Do as user Scott has written. Get a program which opens EPS as vector. Photopea isn't still good enough for editing vector shapes.

NOTE1 Photopea's vectors are actually bitmap images which have vector masks. Lossless scaling is possible only in an application which understands their structure. It's best to make them as big as finally needed because you very likely must rasterize them for the final application.